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Y 0. BATES & B. B. CARTER.

1 DEVICE FOR STPPING AND DERAILING GARS.

No. 498,611. Patenged May 30, 1893.

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0. BATES & B. B. CARTER. DEVICE FOB. STOPPING AND DERAILING GARS.

No. 498,611. Patented May 3o, l189.3.

@gig/g c I1 j UNITEV rares oNwARD BATES AND BYRotBQoARrnR, .or oHioAcdILL-INOIS,AssIeNoRs To 'rnnnsntvns AND WILLIAM wenitisin, or sAMn ril-Aon.

DEVICE FQRSTQPPINGAND DERAILING ,QARSQ y SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 498.611,'dated May 30, 1.893'.

` Application filed October 20. 1892. Serial No. 449,451. (No inodel.)

T all whom, zizi viz-fry concern:

lle it known that we, ONWARD BYRON B. CARTER, of Chicago, county of Cook,

and State of l1liuois,.have invented a new and 5 useful Improvement in Devices for Stopping and Derailing Cars, of lwhich the followingis a specification.

' In the handling of rolling stock on railways much trouble and injury to life and property have been caused by cars ona side track accidentally moving from their proper positionsv under the intiuence'of gravity, Wind or, unforeseen causes, on to the main track, or. inv dangerous proximity thereto, f*

"lo avoid this objectionable action of the side-tracked ears is the aim of the present invention, which consists primarily of a guard constructed tobe applied to the rail in position to be encountered by one of the wheels of the 'ear and to guide the'same ,from the track or arrest its progress. f

The invention also consists' in so constructing and applying the guard that it will be rendered inoperative bythe movement of the car in one direction but will act to derail the same when moving in the opposite direction.

The invention also consists in connecting the guard toa switch-stand in such' manner that when the switch is operated to'open the siding the guard will be rendered inoperative,

andviee versa. v

The'invention also consists in the details of construction and combinations. of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In theaecoinp'anying drawngs,-.Figure 1 is a top plan View of a section ofa track having our invention applied thereto in its simplest form. Fig. 2 is a side elevation ef one ofthe rails with the guard thereon. Fig. 3 is a cross-section through the rail ou the line 3 3, showing the guard in end elevation. Fig. 4 is a plan view of a section of the main vtraekan'd siding, showing our invention apl'plied thereto and connected to the switchstand. Fig. 5 is a detail showing one form ofv Vflexible connection between the switch-stand and guard. Figs. 6,"7y and S are views of modifications showing different means for hnging the guard.

Referring more particularly to Fig. 4, A represents the main track; B, the siding; G, the guard; I), the switch-stand, and E the BATES and r lconnection between Athe switeh'y stand .and guard. ,As .shown in Figs. 1, .2 and. 3, the guard C is formed preferably 'ofeast steel, 55 and is adapted when in use l to. rest upon the top of the rail and when not in use to be moved away from the sametol an inoperatf iveposition. lAt its. forward end it is pro'- vided with a depending lip c,arranged to en- 6o .counter the outerI side ofthe head of the rail whenin an operative position, and is further provided on its top adjacent tothe lip with a block or lug d,having its front and rear faces beveled, as shown. The guard lis extended laterally inward a short distance beyond this lug, and has its edge Iturned upward in 'the form of a vertical flange e, which extends rearward diagonally across the rail. At its rear endV the guard is formed with a vertical 7c depending journal f,arranged to enter-a vertical socket formed in a plate g, bolted to the web of the rail on'its outer-side.v vFrom this it will be seen that 'when invan yoperative po- A. sitionI the guardrests on vthe top of vthe rail with the lip against the outer sidepandpmay be swungoutwardon its journal over the rail, thelip serving as a stop topi-event the guard from being moved too far inward.

The operation is as follows: Assuming that So the guard is 4in an operative position and that a car is approaching in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. l, if the speed is not great the tread of the wheel will encoun'-y ter the lug env thel guardand the motion of the car will be arrested. If, however, it has acquired considerable momentum 'the wheel will ride' up the beveled forward face of the lug on to the guard land the-flange-beeaused to' engage with the outer side of the vertical 9o flange e., on the guard,.which owing to its di'- agonal form will cause the wheelito move gradually to one side it advances until it is finally derailed. If, however, a carA is ap preaching from the. opposite direction the tread of the wheel will -encounter the -inner side of the vertical flange e, and asthe for- 'nier advances it will gradually move the guard onnits journal outward free from the rail. lt will thus be seen that when travelroo ing in one direction the car is derailedwhile when traveling in the opposite direction it-acts to render the guard inoperative.

In Fig. 4 We have represented `our gua-rd connected .to the* switch-stand,jther-connec tio'ns being suchthat when-thelyswitchzisoperated to openthe siding' the Vguard 'l will beL automatically moved to an inoperatit'e posi- 'ti`on' 'so that the cars on the* siding may pass` tothe main track or vice versa. This con- .'fnection may consist of. a link or rod a.,- havit niay be made in various -other ways, prod-- ing one end attached to tlt'e'switch-standand its; other end pivoted to an4 arm .2', extended laterally from therear end of the guard, or

vided the guard will 'be moved to an inoperative position when t open the siding.

In the drawings we have shown Pthe con-vv nection as liexible that is to say., so formed that the guard'niay yield 'momentarily with- 'ont alecting the position of the switch. This is effected by making the rod h, telescopic, and on reference more particularly to Fig. 5, it will he seenthat the rod is in two sections k and Z,'the latter consisting of a longitud'ivnally slotted tube pivoted at one end to the arm z of the guard. The `section 7c consists of a rod having one end co'nuected to the Vswitch-stand and its opposite end 'extended -withinl the tube and provided with a pin eX- tending transversely through the slot there- 1n. A spiral spring Z encircles the tube "and bears at its opposite end respectively againstl the p in and a shoulder o, on the tube. -Under this arrangementit will be seen that when the switch stand is operated and the rod moved to turn the guard to an inoperative position the pin thereon will engage the end of -theslot in 'the tube, and the two sections will move bodily together. vWhen the switchstand is operated'to close the siding the rod in'ovingin the opposite direction will, through theV medium of the spring, transmit motion to the tube and cause the guard to assume an operative position. It will be further seen that the guard` may yieldmomentarily from its operative position without affecting the position ofthe switch, inasmuch as the spring will be compressed and the tube telescope-d on the rod. rlfhis is of ad vantage where after having closed the siding and a car is left in rear ofthe guard, it is desired -to move the same -beyofnd the guard without operating the switch-stand.

It'isto be understood that our invention is not tov be confined to the particular details illustrated and described as various' changes whichwillsuggest themselves to the skilled mechanic may be made without departing from the limits of our invention, provided'the operation is substantially as set forth. For example, we have represented in Figs. 6, 7 and 8 derent forms of hinges for the guard. .In Fig. 6 the'guard is provided with a lip mounted on a horizontal pivot at the side yof the rail. In Fig. 7 the guard is provided with ytwo lips at opposite ends, each mounted to turn onpivots at the side of the rail. In Fig. 8, the guard is provided with a lip which oxvv tends beneath the he standis operated tol rail'where itis mounted on a pivot.

Havingthusdescribed our inventiomwhat we .claimfis- -1'. The improved guard of the typede-l scribed, adapted te 4overlie the rail and provided yon its upper side withl the upwardlyextending block and the guiding flange.-

2. The combination with the rail ofthe horizontally swinging guard, provided on its outer side-with a depending lip and ou its upper side with the wheel guiding flange.

3. The improved guard of the type described, adapted to be mounted near its rear end on a vertical axis adjacent to the rail and to'overlie the same, and provided at its forward end with an upwardly-extending block and with a vertical guiding ange,sai d flange extending from the inner side of the rail diagonally toward its opposite side.

et. The combination with the main track, the siding, the switch and vthe switch operating devicesof theinovable guard applied "to the track rail. of the siding, connections between the switch operating mechanism and the guard for operating the latter when the switch is moved, and a-yielding section in saidvconnections to permit the guard to beinoved without moving the switch.

.5. The improved guard for railway tracks comprising a movable block supported adja cent to the track railfand overlying the same .in operative position, the said block constructed with a shoulder to arrest a car mov- 'ing in one direction, and'having beyond said shoulder a diagonal guide whereby a car wheel rail.

6. The improved guard forrailway tracks comprising a movable block supported adjacent to the track rail and -overlying the same passin g the stop shoulder is deflected from the in operative position,said block having on its upper side a diagonal guide-Harige, whereby a car wheel passing inone direction is deflected from the track, and lwhereby a wheel moving in the oppositedirection removes said block from the rail.

7. The combination with the switch operating devices, of the movable guard and viclding connections between the same.

8. The combination of the switchoperating devices,the guard mounted at its rear 'end on a vertical axis and provided with a laterallyextending arm, telescopic sect-ions connected respectively to the switch operating devices and the arm, and the spring sustained by said parts and bearing at its ends on the telescopic sections.

In testimony whereof wehcrcunto sct our hands, this 9th day of September, ]S02,in thc presence of two attesting witnesses.

ONWARD BA'IES. BYRON ll. CAl'lEl-t. Witnesses:

G. DAWN, C. E. CoMBs.

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Correction in Letters Patent No. 498,611.

It is hereby certified that the name of the last-mentioned assignee in Letters 'Patent No. 498,611, granted-May 30, 1898, upon the application of Onward Bates and Byron B. Carter, of Chicago, Illinois; vfor an improvement in Devices for Stopping' and Derailing Cars, was erroneously Written and printed William W. Chrisie, whereas said name should have ibeen Written andwvprinted William W. hrs'te; and that thel Y said Lettere Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same mayeonf-orm to the record of the case in the Patent Ofee.

signed and Sealed this ed day of May, A. DQ, 1904. l v- [SEAL] E. B. MOORE,

.Acting Commissioner of Patents. 

